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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1917
Page
13
A collection of letters to the Sewing Circle with advice on marriage age myths, avoiding relatives, and finding a wife. A mother recounts family life and a soldier son writes home about the value of training and family support, urging readers to stay practical and patient.
Advertisement claims a Montreal man recovered from severe stomach trouble after using Fruit-a-tives. He says weight dropped from 225 to 160 pounds, then rose to 208 pounds after treatment. The notice lists prices and a mailing address in Ogdensburg.
The Sunday Post features a selection of engaging letters to the Sewing Circle, presenting readers with witty anecdotes, community updates, and practical sewing tips from local contributors.
The Post answers inquiries on zone rate postage for magazines to expeditionary forces and weight limits of twenty pounds, with items like candy and tobacco. It explains Welsh spelling in Lloyd and pronunciation, wireless music, the Star Spangled Banner as national anthem, and legal marriage consent in 18 year olds. It notes Peru as highest Berkshire altitude and Pittsfield lodging options.
H. H. H. notes that evening courses in bookkeeping and type writing are available at Boston public evening high schools. The programs exist in nearly every city section.
A husband discovers his wife and two children dead in a Union Hospital area home. Police and doctors label the elder child deaths as accidental from gas exposure, while the police lean toward a possible deliberate act by the mother. The surviving infant, Raymond, is expected to live. Blizzard, a driver for American Express, is uncooperative as investigators review marriage troubles and prior separations.
Opposition by the finance committee led to the Senate adjournment without final action on Governor Whitman's pick of George W. Perkins as president of the New York State Food Commission. The panel sent Perkins, Jacob Gould Schurman, and Charles A. Wieting to the full Senate with recommendations. The committee approved Schurman unanimously but opposed Perkins 10 to 4 and split on Wieting.
John J Toomey chairman of Election Commissioners and South Boston Improvement Association led a hearing on paid for yes cards. Louis K Liggett of the Chamber of Commerce retail trade board presented a postal canvass showing 93 percent favored removing the cars.
The letter describes Captain Farnslee’s carrier pigeon the Piper, praised for courage and morale during shelling and a retreat. A sister of an actress shares the front news, while the Piper’s chattery presence in a trench cage lifts spirits as wounded soldier Waltham is left behind.
Mary Eckford recounts a soldier’s message carried by a pigeon leading to volunteers being sent after Waltham. The narrator hopes to protect the boy and deliver him to a contact, reflecting on pigeons soothing fear and wartime loyalties.
Chairman Liggett pledged $1000 to any charity if proof showed the Chamber paid for favorable cards on removing cars. Louis K. Liggett presented a board survey of 57 682 responses within eight miles of Boston showing 97 percent favored permanent removal, 91 percent for sidewalk widening, and 91 percent for removing tracks and poles. Opponents from South Boston and Dorchester criticized stores’ campaigns and the Boston Elevated’s stance while staff drew lines to a tunnel extension and specific hours for car elimination.
A solemn ode argues that orderly captains and ranks obscure the truth. History shows privates, kept in the background, supply decisive courage and sacrifice in war through steadfast, unglamorous duty.
Marsh Company urged aligning street condition with Tremont Street. T G Carey of E A Filene's Sons David J Curry of Ginters and several club and business leaders including Mrs Herbert J Garner Mrs George Townsend Mrs George B Clark Edward Grover Samuel H Davis W J Barrett Thomas Hill and George B Johnson weighed in with recommendations.
The Oldest Inhabitant recalls Boston climate data for September 7 with figures: 102 degrees in 1881 as the hottest, 89 in 1898, and a coolest 43 degrees in 1883. Rain on this date occurred within the past 15 years, noting 1902 as a reference point.
German aircraft bombarded the Vandelaincourt Hospital near Verdun for six and a half hours killing 19 and wounding 26. The severely wounded men lay in huts as bombs dropped every 20 minutes from 8:30 pm to 3:00 am, the French army reported.
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